Local places with ‘squaw’ slur get new names

When Brook Colley’s father wrote a 1994 book about Oregon swimming holes, he refused to use the name Squaw Lake for a picturesque lake surrounded by forested mountains in the Applegate Valley. “He …When Brook Colley’s father wrote a 1994 book about Oregon swimming holes, he refused to use the name Squaw Lake for a picturesque lake surrounded by forested mountains in the Applegate Valley. “He …